News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-07-28
NOTES.

DAYS ago, Wnlle q llGGlS 1"O O''t
Girl was playing in the yard the faml-
" heard piercing cries, and on run
ming to investigate found the child ~
ING on the ground, while on her breast
stood a rooster growing triumphantly'
One of the little girls eyes had been
picked out. -,
st. Louis now has beer, wine, cider
baseball and the opera to help whlle
away the day of rest. The criminal
court Judges ridiculous decisions have
driven the city police board to give
I'D the attempt to enforce the Sunday
laws. The whole matter is now to be
brought before the Supreme court.
There are few people in the city who
want to see Sunday distinguished
somewhat from week days.
The guests at the COnanicut Park
hotel at Conanicut Park, R. l., have
been seized with an illness of inexpll-
cable origin, which has spread so gen
orally that they have all left and the
hotel has been closed. A physician
from Providence thinks the trouble IS
AERIAL rather than malarial. The water
has been found to be fair, but some
think the ice used is impure. The
outbreak has killed the season at that
end of the island.
David Hoffman was hanged at Ne
braska City, Neb., Friday for wreck
ing Missouri Pacific passenger train
at Dunbar, on the night of January
IL. At the time of the wreck Engi-
neer Dewitt was instantly killed and
a number of passengers were serious
ly injured. Hoffman assembled the
scafold with a firm tread. He made
an effort to say something but broke
down. He was strangled to death in
eight minutes.
The natural gas area is gradually
extending westward from the original
point of discovery in Pennsylvania.
Gas has been discovered in large
quantities in several parts of Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois, and recently q
well was sunk at Fort Scott, Kansas,
which flows in sufficient volume for
use as fuel in manufacturing estab-
lishments. The general introduction
of this fuel will give the West an adj
vantage over the East which it has
never possessed before.
A curious story comes from Indian
apolis. Some time ago a firm received
a consignment of eggs packed in box
es in the usual manner. The eggs
were placed in storage, and on a re-
cent morning when a case was opened
the low call of chicks was heard. One
entire layer of eggs was found to be
Matching out, and in few minutes
after they were brought to light fifteen
we'll developed young biddies picked
their way through the shells. Anoth-
er layer Of eggs began to hatch about
noon, and it is thought the entire con-
signment will turn out chickens.
The Yale crew had an easy victory
in the annual race at New London,
Conn, Friday, between the varsity
Fights of Yale and the University, of
Pennsylvania, and crossed the finish
five boat lengths ahead. The water
on the Thames was good and there
was scarcely any wind. Although the
Pennsylvania University men had the
lead at the start and the Yale crew
did not once attempt to squirt, the long
clean cut swing Of the New Haven
boys drove their she'll ahead of the
other boat before the race was half
rowed, and constantly widened the
gap to the end.
At the Ohio Democratic state con-
vention last Friday Thos. Z. Powell
was nominated for Governor; D. c..
Coleman, eut.-Governor; /. r..
Cirtchfeld and V. P. Kline, Judges of
Supreme Court; Emil Kissewetter,
Auditor; G.. w. Harper, Treasurer
w. II. Leet, Attorney General; 2. J.
NE<1rr,frv NFe,1rfJer'-Boarri- of-tPublic
| Work. OF course the convention
endorsed Cleveland's administration
in fact, it is called an administration
victory in that the g moss backs" and
"old timers" were defeated at every
point by the Presidents friends. No
mention whatever is made of civil SER
vice reform.
If you have boy named Bill, or
Bub, or Sam, or Tom, says the Atchi-
son, Mo-, Globe, you need not fear
that he will be drowned during the
swimming season. The boy who has
plug name and whose hair stands
up straight like a hazel brush, and
who has stone bruises on his feet, is
not in danger of drowning. But if
your son has curly hair, and if he
wears shoes in summer and has a
pretty name, you had better let him
swim in a washbowl.
Capt. Pearl d. Blodgett of St.
Johnsbury, commander of the Grand
Army for the department of Vermont,
mentions in a circular to the posts q
recent visit to the Soldiers Home at
Bennington as follows: / was at
once taken to the Home situated just
out of the village, consisting of ample
buildings for present use, which are
surrounded by most beautiful lawns,
with splendid maple grove near the
house, and one of the grandest fount-
aims in America, supplied with water
from springs from the mountain not
far distant, throwing a jet of water
185 feet into the air. The people of
Vermont may congratulate themselves
| that so good home has been provided
for the homeless veteran soldier. |
desire to say that the trustees were
fortunate in securing the services of
our Comrade r. j. CofFey, with his
wife, as superintendent. Both of
them are just the persons to care for
all the things in and about the home. ;"
DR.. Irving A. Watson, Secretary of
the New Hampshire Board of Health,
has been investigating a most serious
cause of mortality among COWS at
Lyndeboro. He visited the pasture,
containing about 600 acres, where
Mr.. Spaulding has a large herd Of
cattle. Within a few weeks seven Of
his COWS have died, all but one having
been found dead in the pasture. In
one case a COW was discovered to be
sick, and she died two days afterward.
In the spring two cows died at the
barn while being fed on hay. The
latter came from Brighton, Mass.
The disease appears to be pneumonia
and peritonitis combined, but its ex-
act character has not yet been ascer-
tanned. Surgeon General Holt, of
Massachusetts, has examined one of
the bodies and he agrees with Secreta-
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